Posts by Category: Free Software

If you’re like us, you’ve got something like 200,000 photos stored on your phone, dating back to when the Sumarians first conquered Babylon. Or close. Well let’s just say you’ve got a lot of snaps, and the problem is you’re running out of space to add more. Sure you could delete some (gasp!) or swap memory cards, but that means losing your archive. But now there’s a better way which gives you more free space, for free.

Changing your hair color is a huge commitment but thanks to modern technology, you can try out various colors before you take a dive into them. Most of these apps aren’t great but the Matrix Color Lounge is set to become your go to hair test app.

It’s a bummer when cool websites can’t be accessed where you’re at. Sometimes it’s because your job has firewalls. Sometimes it’s because your country does. Betternet is the app that wants to help you access whatever you want whenever you want.

Getting a parking ticket is the worst. As if it wasn’t hard enough just to find parking in most cities, coming back to your car to learn that your spot was empty for a reason is even worse. Sometimes though, it’s not your fault. DoNotPay is the app that wants to help you fight your parking tickets.

There are a ton of Bluetooth speakers out there so that you can share music from your phone with your friends which is nice because the speakers on all of our phones leave something to be desired. There’s another option if you don’t want to drop cash on speakers. Alone, your phone speakers may be weak but united they can be strong. AmpMe is the app that lets you stream music from all the phones in the room.

Learning a new language is really hard but thanks to technology, it’s getting a bit easier to do even if you’re long out of school. Usually if you want to learn a new language you’re restricted to whatever the program has for you to read. Readlang is the site and website extension that allows you to read what you want in the language you’re learning.

Kids love YouTube. They spend hours on it watching videos of unboxing toys and building things on Minecraft. The problem with YouTube is that it’s flooded with content that is not suitable for children but appears, at first, to be fine. If you want a safer browsing experience for your child, check out YouTube Kids.

If you were a kid in the 90s, chances are, you had a Tamagotchi pet. You worked hard keeping that thing alive. With Tep you can help keep a new digital pet alive. Only instead of feeding it to keep it going, you work on keeping yourself healthy to keep it happy.

Walking anywhere alone at night can be a very frightening experience. Sound advice is to carry your phone close at hand so you can call for help right away. Some people even call (or pretend to call) a friend so if anything goes wrong, someone is notified as soon as it happens. Companion is an app that makes it easier for people to stay safe when they’re alone.

Have you ever tried to remember the lyrics to a song and just couldn’t quite remember them all? Or wondered what the heck the artist was talking about? Well you can check out Genius, the app that hooks up with all the musical knowledge you could ever need.

Your home is your castle so it should ideally look and feel like one. Which is to say, you shouldn’t be dreading your chores more than you enjoy watching TV on your couch. If you find your house gives you more anxiety than joy, check out Bright Nest, the app that helps you get your home together so you can enjoy it.

There’s no question that video now has a firm place at the table when it comes to marketing and promotional projects. YouTube and other services have really pushed the growth of clips as a viable form of media alongside text and images. But it can be expensive to have video shot. But now you can take advantage of a neat new site which offers free clips for any use, commercial or private.

Writing references for papers is really, really time consuming. There are (what feels like) a million different styles with their own rules. Even after doing it for years, it seems that you are always leaving something out. Stop the struggle and check out RefMe, the site that will manage your references for you.

The massive update process behind Microsoft’s Windows 10 rolls on, with over 60 million installs so far and counting. This is huge. But there are a number of issues with the whole process, not only broken drivers which stop things working, but also the rather unpleasant range of privacy settings which Windows inflicts on the user. Things like tracking your movements on the web, or your communications, stuff like that. Not surprisingly, a fair number of people are objecting, which…

Made plans with anyone recently or at least tried to? You’ve probably run into the “I don’t know, what do you want to do?” game at least once and it’s frustrating. No one knows what they want, they just want to do something. Take the struggle out of meeting up with Tossup, the new app that makes planning simple.